"It is a significant fact that while in India, the Government discourages communal groups and parties, in Pakistan no group or parties other than communal are encouraged. A Pakistan Peoples’ Congress is inconceivable. When the Hindu leaders of Sind planned the establishment of a political party which might draw its membership from people belonging to various religions, the reply of the Pakistan Government was characteristic. The Hindus of Sind, (such of them as are still there) might have a Hindu Party, but not one which Muslims also might join. In the Muslim State of Pakistan, no Muslim may join any organization other than a purely Muslim one. It is such an attitude which bred the riots of 1946 and 1947-Calcutta, Noakhali, N.-W. F. P., the Punjab, Sind and Bahawalpur."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Talib, S. G. S. (1950). Muslim League Attack on Sikhs and Hindus in the Punjab, 1947. Amritshar: Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee. [https://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Muslim_League_Attack_on_Sikhs_and_Hindus_in_the_Punjab_1947 [https://voibooks.bitbucket.io/mla/index.html
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Communalism_(South_Asia)
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Communalism (South Asia)
39 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Communalism (South Asia) →
Related Quotes
"Even a superficial observer cannot fail to notice that a spirit of aggression underlies the Hindu attitude towards th…"
"Unfortunately for the minorities in India, Indian Nationalism has developed a new doctrine which may be called the Di…"
"The unceremonious exit of Mr. M.C. Chagla from her Cabinet and the relaxation of the rule prohibiting polygamy among …"
"Muslim Rashtra is not only not called fascism: Mr. Engineer even seems to take it for granted as a political framewor…"
"Its roots [of the term 'communalism'] lie in the British colonial policy of taking “communities” as the relevant unit…"
"The main opposition to the unapologetic communalism of the British and the Muslim League came not from Congress (exce…"
"Having proved its value, the politics of taunts and accusations continues unabated. Those who benefit by it have mere…"
"An active communalism not only postulates that people who share a religion, have common secular interests ; it also g…"
"This sophisticated verbiage cannot conceal that the book's approach is merely the standard secularist version propaga…"
"[The separate electorates led enfranchised Muslims and members of other sections to] vote communally, think communall…"